Indices: Stock market update: Nifty IT index advances 0.63%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty IT index closed on a positive note on Tuesday.

Shares of Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 2.47 per cent), Coforge Ltd.(up 2.23 per cent), L&T Technology Services Ltd.(up 1.79 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 1.18 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.12 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 0.51 per cent) and Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty IT index closed 0.63 per cent up at 32365.3.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 46.1 points at 19574.9, while the BSE Sensex stood up 152.12 points at 65780.26.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 ended in the green, while 17 closed in the red.

Shares of Indian Railway Fin, YES Bank, JP Power, Vodafone Idea and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Vishnu Prakash R Pun, MMTC, Century Extrus, Indian Card Clothing and KIOCL hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Bombay Metrics Suppl, Shrenik, Penta Gold, Sanco Industries and Allcargo Terminals hit their fresh 52-week lows.

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